Ideologies and Political Theory

A Conceptual Approach

Michael Freeden

Ideologies and Political Theory

A Conceptual Approach

Michael Freeden

Description

Ideologies play a crucial role in the way we understand and shape the political world. However, no one has been able to explain the nature of ideologies themselves. In this important new book, Freeden offers a ground-breaking approach to the subject. Drawing on the political experience of Britain, France, Germany, and the USA over the last two hundred years, the author provides an in-depth examination of all the key political ideologies: liberalism, conservatism, socialism, feminism, and green political thought.

Ideologies and Political Theory

A Conceptual Approach

Michael Freeden

Table of Contents

PART 1. Theorizing About Ideological Morphology 1. Staking Out: The Distinctiveness of Analysing Ideologies2. Assembling: From Concepts to Ideologies3. Applying: The Concepts of Ideological MeaningPART II. Liberalism: The Dominant Ideology 4. The `Grand Projects' of Liberalism5. New Liberal Successions: The Modernization of an Ideology6. The Challenge of Philosophical Liberalism: Contextualizing the Contemporary American Variant7. Mistaken Identities and Other Anomalies: The Liberal PretendersPART III. The Adaptability of Conservatism 8. Theorizing about Conservative Ideology9. The Chimera of Conservative Dualism10. Forward to the Past - The Conservative RevivalPART IV. Socialism: The Containmentof Transcendence 11. The Congruence of Socialist Diversity12. Socialism, Liberty, and ChoicePART V. Transformation and Dilution: The Assault on Ideological Convention 13. Feminism: The Recasting of Political Language14. Green Ideology: Retreat and Regrouping